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History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Stirling Castle
Builder	Rosewell, Chatham Dockyard
Launched	21 September 1705
Fate	Broken up, 1771
General characteristics as built
Class and type	70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1122
Length	151 ft (46.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam	41 ft (12.5 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft 6 in (5.3 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	70 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1723 rebuild
Class and type	1719 Establishment 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1138
Length	151 ft (46.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam	41 ft 6 in (12.6 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft 4 in (5.3 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	70 guns: Gundeck: 26 × 24-pdrs Upper gundeck: 26 × 12-pdrs Quarterdeck: 14 × 6-pdrs Forecastle: 4 × 6-pdrs

HMS Stirling Castle was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Chatham Dockyard and launched on 21 September 1705.

On 12 March 1720 orders were issued directing her to be taken to pieces and rebuilt according to the 1719 Establishment at Woolwich, from where she was relaunched on 23 April 1723.

Stirling Castle was converted into a hulk in 1739, and continued to serve in that role until 1771, when she was broken up.

Notes

1. ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 166.
2. ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 169.

References

• Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.

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